Category: Economy
Trump’s Trade War: Just More Swamp Food
Politics got a boost with the election of Donald J Trump. Before his administration took over, trade was very low on the feds’ agenda.
The Financial World’s Most Popular Delusion
Short-term finance is great for short-term speculators. But it is bad for business. You can’t build a real, prosperous economy with overnight money.
False Teeth of the Ageing Economy Start to Bite
The grey tsunami will only grow bigger. Low interest-rate life support will continue. If you’re not in stocks now, you might miss out on continued gains.
The Fed Prepares for Mistake #3
Setting artificially low interest rates made the downtrend worse. Growth slowed further. The Swamp deepened. The empire grew bigger and more corrupt.
Americans Are Losing the Only Fight Worth Having
Like every other government programme, military spending is maybe one part real defence and three parts humbug and bamboozle…
BoJo and the Brexit Bargain Buys
In 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU. If you read the mainstream financial press, you may think this means the end of the UK. In fact, it presents some opportunities.
War Is the Health of The Deep State
War is the ultimate win-lose enterprise. One side wins; the other loses. Overall, people die, buildings are blown up, and real wealth is destroyed.
You Are Being Watched: Why Your Online Privacy Is History
We live in a world where a single word…a whispered utterance under your breath…a tweet sent on a whim….can destroy your life. Your privacy is at risk.
The Extinction of the Fiscal Conservative
The Democrats were early adopters of the ‘deficits don’t matter’ flapdoodle. Once in power, Republicans found it useful, too.
Will You Survive NZ’s Next Recession?
Markets go up and down. History proves it. Anyone with economic education knows it. But when this cycle goes terribly wrong it could be the next recession.
Tilling the Soil in the Garden of Catastrophe
Few notice that it is not an Eden that is being prepared…but a garden of catastrophe…
The American Bolsheviks Are Coming…
Politics is the enemy of civilisation. It is the enemy, too, of economic progress. Most important, it is the enemy of dignity and clear thinking.
How Hot Money Put America in Hot Water
Hot money is only useful for speculators. They can use it to take leveraged positions in stocks and bonds — where they know they can unload them and get out at a moment’s notice.
Crisis and Opportunity: Why I’m Investing in Italy
I’m going to uncover one of my more interesting investments on the Milan Exchange and how I came to find it and investing in italy overall.
The Real Source of Wealth Inequality…
Buying stocks or houses may have been a good plan for 1982. And maybe even 2002. But for 2019? Is the pattern of the last 30 years likely to continue?